--- a/src/java/org/apache/commons/collections/map/MultiValueMap.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/commons/collections/map/MultiValueMap.java
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
      * @param value the value to remove
      * @return the value removed (which was passed in), null if nothing removed
      */
-    public Object remove(Object key, Object value) {
+    public Object removeMapping(Object key, Object value) {
         Collection valuesForKey = getCollection(key);
         if (valuesForKey == null) {
             return null;
--- a/src/java/org/apache/commons/collections/MultiHashMap.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/commons/collections/MultiHashMap.java
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@
      * @param item  the value to remove
      * @return the value removed (which was passed in), null if nothing removed
      */
-    public Object remove(Object key, Object item) {
+    public Object removeMapping(Object key, Object item) {
         Collection valuesForKey = getCollection(key);
         if (valuesForKey == null) {
             return null;
--- a/src/java/org/apache/commons/collections/MultiMap.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/commons/collections/MultiMap.java
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
      * @throws ClassCastException if the key or value is of an invalid type
      * @throws NullPointerException if the key or value is null and null is invalid
      */
-    public Object remove(Object key, Object item);
+    public Object removeMapping(Object key, Object item);
 
     //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     /**
--- a/src/test/org/apache/commons/collections/map/TestMultiValueMap.java
+++ b/src/test/org/apache/commons/collections/map/TestMultiValueMap.java
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
         MultiValueMap one = new MultiValueMap();
         Integer value = new Integer(1);
         one.put("One", value);
-        one.remove("One", value);
+        one.removeMapping("One", value);
         
         MultiValueMap two = new MultiValueMap();
         assertEquals(two, one);
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
         assertEquals(4, map.totalSize());
         map.remove("A");
         assertEquals(3, map.totalSize());
-        map.remove("B", "BC");
+        map.removeMapping("B", "BC");
         assertEquals(2, map.totalSize());
     }
     
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@
         assertEquals(2, map.size());
         map.remove("A");
         assertEquals(2, map.size());
-        map.remove("B", "BC");
+        map.removeMapping("B", "BC");
         assertEquals(2, map.size());
     }
     
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@
         map.remove("A");
         assertEquals(0, map.size("A"));
         assertEquals(3, map.size("B"));
-        map.remove("B", "BC");
+        map.removeMapping("B", "BC");
         assertEquals(0, map.size("A"));
         assertEquals(2, map.size("B"));
     }
@@ -327,11 +327,11 @@
         map.put("A", "AA");
         map.put("A", "AB");
         map.put("A", "AC");
-        assertEquals(null, map.remove("C", "CA"));
-        assertEquals(null, map.remove("A", "AD"));
-        assertEquals("AC", map.remove("A", "AC"));
-        assertEquals("AB", map.remove("A", "AB"));
-        assertEquals("AA", map.remove("A", "AA"));
+        assertEquals(null, map.removeMapping("C", "CA"));
+        assertEquals(null, map.removeMapping("A", "AD"));
+        assertEquals("AC", map.removeMapping("A", "AC"));
+        assertEquals("AB", map.removeMapping("A", "AB"));
+        assertEquals("AA", map.removeMapping("A", "AA"));
         assertEquals(new MultiValueMap(), map);
     }
 
--- a/src/test/org/apache/commons/collections/TestMultiHashMap.java
+++ b/src/test/org/apache/commons/collections/TestMultiHashMap.java
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@
         MultiHashMap one = new MultiHashMap();
         Integer value = new Integer(1);
         one.put("One", value);
-        one.remove("One", value);
+        one.removeMapping("One", value);
         
         MultiHashMap two = new MultiHashMap();
         assertEquals(two, one);
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@
         assertEquals(4, map.totalSize());
         map.remove("A");
         assertEquals(3, map.totalSize());
-        map.remove("B", "BC");
+        map.removeMapping("B", "BC");
         assertEquals(2, map.totalSize());
     }
     
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@
         map.remove("A");
         assertEquals(0, map.size("A"));
         assertEquals(3, map.size("B"));
-        map.remove("B", "BC");
+        map.removeMapping("B", "BC");
         assertEquals(0, map.size("A"));
         assertEquals(2, map.size("B"));
     }
@@ -464,11 +464,11 @@
         map.put("A", "AA");
         map.put("A", "AB");
         map.put("A", "AC");
-        assertEquals(null, map.remove("C", "CA"));
-        assertEquals(null, map.remove("A", "AD"));
-        assertEquals("AC", map.remove("A", "AC"));
-        assertEquals("AB", map.remove("A", "AB"));
-        assertEquals("AA", map.remove("A", "AA"));
+        assertEquals(null, map.removeMapping("C", "CA"));
+        assertEquals(null, map.removeMapping("A", "AD"));
+        assertEquals("AC", map.removeMapping("A", "AC"));
+        assertEquals("AB", map.removeMapping("A", "AB"));
+        assertEquals("AA", map.removeMapping("A", "AA"));
         assertEquals(new MultiHashMap(), map);
     }
 
--- a/src/java/org/apache/commons/collections/map/MultiKeyMap.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/commons/collections/map/MultiKeyMap.java
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
      * @param key2  the second key
      * @return the value mapped to the removed key, null if key not in map
      */
-    public Object remove(Object key1, Object key2) {
+    public Object removeMultiKey(Object key1, Object key2) {
         int hashCode = hash(key1, key2);
         int index = map.hashIndex(hashCode, map.data.length);
         AbstractHashedMap.HashEntry entry = map.data[index];
--- a/src/test/org/apache/commons/collections/map/TestMultiKeyMap.java
+++ b/src/test/org/apache/commons/collections/map/TestMultiKeyMap.java
@@ -315,10 +315,10 @@
             switch (key.size()) {
                 case 2:
                 assertEquals(true, multimap.containsKey(key.getKey(0), key.getKey(1)));
-                assertEquals(value, multimap.remove(key.getKey(0), key.getKey(1)));
+                assertEquals(value, multimap.removeMultiKey(key.getKey(0), key.getKey(1)));
                 assertEquals(false, multimap.containsKey(key.getKey(0), key.getKey(1)));
                 assertEquals(size - 1, multimap.size());
-                assertEquals(null, multimap.remove(key.getKey(0), key.getKey(1)));
+                assertEquals(null, multimap.removeMultiKey(key.getKey(0), key.getKey(1)));
                 assertEquals(false, multimap.containsKey(key.getKey(0), key.getKey(1)));
                 break;
                 case 3:
